UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 27, 2011 (May 26, 2011)
Aircastle Limited
| Bermuda | 001-32959 | 98-0444035 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| c/o Aircastle Advisor LLC, 300 First Stamford Place, Stamford, Connecticut |
06902 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 504-1020
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management
| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 26, 2011, Aircastle Limited (the “Company”) held its Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders (“AGM”).
The following matters set forth in Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A dated April
14, 2011 were voted on at such AGM and the results of such voting is indicated below.
| 1. Appointment of Chairman of the AGM | For | Against | Abstain | |||
| Ron Wainshal | 74,779,015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Election of Class II Directors | For | Against | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
Joseph P. Adams, Jr. |
64,543,591 | 0 | 2,098,865 | 8,136,559 | ||||||||||||
Ronald L. Merriman |
65,614,270 | 0 | 1,028,186 | 8,136,559 | ||||||||||||
Charles W. Pollard |
65,450,555 | 0 | 1,191,901 | 8,136,559 | ||||||||||||
3. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm
for Aircastle Limited for fiscal year 2011, and to authorize the directors of Aircastle Limited, acting by the Audit Committee, to determine the independent registered public accounting firm’s fees.
| For | Against | Abstain | ||
71,910,079
|
2,812,366 | 56,570 |
4.
Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers.
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 44,252,460 | 22,316,099 | 73,897 | 8,136,599 |
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5. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
| Broker Non- | ||||||||
| Three years | Two years | One year | Abstain | Votes | ||||
| 32,680,208 | 119,129 | 33,804,489 | 38,630 | 8,136,599 |
Shareholders
voted, on an advisory basis, to hold future advisory
votes on executive compensation annually. In line with this recommendation by our
shareholders, the Board of Directors has decided that, unless
otherwise changed by action of the Board of Directors, the Company hold an advisory
vote on executive compensation annually until the next
advisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder votes on executive compensation, which will
occur no later than our Annual General Meeting in 2017.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AIRCASTLE LIMITED
(Registrant)
(Registrant)
/s/ David Walton
David Walton
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel
and Secretary
David Walton
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel
and Secretary
Date:
May 27, 2011
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